Leaderboards/HIV Research and Treatment

HIV Research and Treatment

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Matthew T. N. Yarnall
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
2
Luisa Frescura
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
3
Jan Philipp Kreysing
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
4
Jack A. Collora
Yale University
5
Natalie F. McMyn
Johns Hopkins University
6
Edwin N. Neumann
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
7
Laventa M. Obare
Vanderbilt University
8
Chiara Pastorio
University Medical Center
9
Steven Erwood
Broad Institute
10
Liran Fu
Yangzhou University

Papers

1
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Science|2024
103 cit.
2
Inflammation in HIV and Its Impact on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Circulation Research|2024
97 cit.
3
Publication in Nature (2024) [89 citations, W4391160417]
Nature|2024
89 cit.
4
Factors associated with resistance of HIV-1 reservoir viruses to neutralization by autologous IgG antibodies
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2025
5 cit.
5
Publication in The Journal of Immunology (2025) [3 citations, W4408140797]
The Journal of Immunology|2025
3 cit.
6
Cytokine and chemokine receptor profiles in adipose tissue vasculature unravel endothelial cell responses in HIV
Journal of Cellular Physiology|2024
2 cit.
7
Publication in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2025) [2 citations, W4414978360]
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology|2025
2 cit.
8
Medications for opioid use disorder shape immune responses during chronic HIV infection
Cell Reports Medicine|2025
0 cit.
9
Publication in The Journal of Immunology (2025) [W4416450900]
The Journal of Immunology|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication in The Journal of Immunology (2025) [W4416450955]
The Journal of Immunology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Yunkai Yu
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
2
Philip J. Kranzusch
Harvard University
3
Ya‐Chi Ho
Yale University
4
Baek Kim
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
5
Britt Adamson
Princeton University
6
Amy S. Espeseth
Intarcia Therapeutics (United States)
7
Jordan R. Willis
Scripps Research Institute
8
Kavita Tewari
University of Mumbai
9
Gabriel Ozorowski
Scripps Research Institute
10
Priyamvada Acharya
Duke University

Papers

1
Bacterial gasdermins reveal an ancient mechanism of cell death
Science|2022
266 cit.
2
Improving prime editing with an endogenous small RNA-binding protein
Nature|2024
221 cit.
3
Structural diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike
Molecular Cell|2022
219 cit.
4
Phage anti-CBASS and anti-Pycsar nucleases subvert bacterial immunity
Nature|2022
189 cit.
5
Single-cell multiomics reveals persistence of HIV-1 in expanded cytotoxic T cell clones
Immunity|2022
170 cit.
6
Cryo-EM structure of an active bacterial TIR–STING filament complex
Nature|2022
126 cit.
7
Structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defence and viral immune evasion
Nature|2023
116 cit.
8
Cryo-EM structures of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 spike
Cell Reports|2022
109 cit.
9
Human immunoglobulin repertoire analysis guides design of vaccine priming immunogens targeting HIV V2-apex broadly neutralizing antibody precursors
Immunity|2022
82 cit.
10
Cryo-EM structure of the RADAR supramolecular anti-phage defense complex
Cell|2023
81 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Anthony S. Fauci
Georgetown University
2
Joseph Sodroski
Harvard University
3
Robert F. Siliciano
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4
Arthur J. Olson
Scripps Research Institute
5
David D. Ho
Columbia University
6
Bruce D. Walker
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
7
Dennis R. Burton
Scripps Research Institute
8
John P. Moore
Cornell University
9
Nathaniel R. Landau
New York University
10
Erik De Clercq
Rega Institute for Medical Research

Papers

1
AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading
Journal of Computational Chemistry|2009
37.1k cit.
2
AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
Journal of Computational Chemistry|2009
25k cit.
3
Automated docking using a Lamarckian genetic algorithm and an empirical binding free energy function
Journal of Computational Chemistry|1998
10.8k cit.
4
Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection
Nature|1995
4.3k cit.
5
Small-Molecule Library Screening by Docking with PyRx
Methods in molecular biology|2014
3.9k cit.
6
Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1
Nature|1996
3.7k cit.
7
HIV-1 Dynamics in Vivo: Virion Clearance Rate, Infected Cell Life-Span, and Viral Generation Time
Science|1996
3.5k cit.
8
Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Science|1997
3.1k cit.
9
Homozygous Defect in HIV-1 Coreceptor Accounts for Resistance of Some Multiply-Exposed Individuals to HIV-1 Infection
Cell|1996
3.1k cit.
10
Computational protein–ligand docking and virtual drug screening with the AutoDock suite
Nature Protocols|2016
2.7k cit.

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